Improvement in elastic button-holes for carriage-curtains



s.' c. TALOoTT.

Curtain Fastening. N0.x59,679/ Patented Nov 13, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIeE.

S. O. TALOOTT, OF ASHTABULA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN ELASTIC BUTTON-HOLES FOR CARRIAGE-CURTAINS.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, S. G. TALGOTT, of Ashtabula, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefull Improvements in Elastic Loops and Button- Holes, &c. and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specitication, in which- Figure l is a View ofthe outside of theloop. Fig. 2 is an inside View of the same. Fig. Sis adetaehed sectional View.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the diii'erent views.

A piece of tin or other metal or material of a suitable thickness is cut out in the form as shown in Fig. 3. The arms or projections A are more or less in number, as the nature of the work may require.

B, Fig. l, is a piece of rubber or other elastic material cut to the size of the ring or circle C, and upon which it is placed, and when thus placed the arms are then turned back toward the center ot' the ring and pressed tightly down upon the rubber. By this means the rubber and. tin are held firmly and securely together. The arms, when thus turned down about onehalf of their length, are then turned upward till they form a right an glc with the part still down upon the rubber, assuming now somewhat the character of an eyelet. The arms thus turned up are now passed through the material of the curtain. rIhe face of the eyelet or loop in this position is shown in Fig. l, C being the ring or face of the loop, E the curtain, and B the rubber. It is also passed through the lining of the curtain in the same way and at the same time. It' any lining should be used, when the curtain and lining are properly arranged, the arms are then turned outward from the center and pressed rmly down upon the lining, as shown in Fig. 2, A being the arms, F the lining, and E the edges ofthe curtain hemmed over, thereby clamping the curtain and the lining rmly together, and making a strong elastic loop or button-hole, the elasticity of the rubber at all times closing the hole tightly around the hook or stud, and the tin or eyelet preventing the loop or buttonhole from tearing or breaking away.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tin A, or its equivalent, and the rubber B, as arranged, and in combination with the curtain E and lining F, for the purpose and in the manner herein set forth.

y S. C. TALOOTT.

Witnesses G. W. NELSON, EDWARD H. FITCH. 

